Ticket-marking holder



April 2, 1929. 4 O PlERCE 1,707,367

I TICKET MARKING HOLDER Patented Apr. 2 1929.

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' I TIoKn'r-ri iinmite HOLDER. i

Application" filed October}; 1 28. Serial No. 310,399.

i The principalobjects of thelinventionare to -facilitate thehandl-ing and marking of mercantile-sale price and ldentlfication tickets and to'provide a very simple and in- GXI'VDSlYe device Which will enable. the hane dhng of the tickets, ingroups or strips in such a manner as to lessen the liabilityjof scratching or pricking the fingers With the sharp fastening prongs. 'Theprincipal features of the invention consist in providing a holder to support thetickets in a convenient position for marking having a guiding groove to receive the ticket pins and a clamping member to hold thetickets from shifting.

In the drawings, Flgure 1 1s a perspective view of my device showing a strip of sale thereon ready for marking.

price or ir'lentificationtickets of the pin type in position thereon and the hinged clamping member turned back to allow the placingeor removal of the strip.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing'a stripof tickets secured in position Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of Fig ure 2 showing the pins for-securing the'tag to the merchandise, housed- Within 'tl1'e guiding groove and the clamping member in position. Many forms of sale price and identification tickets are used in the markingof clothjfjectionable features-mentioned and in the. form shown a rectangularplate 1 of sheet metal 1s formed with a longltudmal rib 2 scratching the fingers;

ing and textile merchandise, and one very commonly used is provided With a sharp pointed U-shaped Wire inserted. through it close to its upper-edge, theends'of Which project beyond its rear surface. These tickets are usually printed and cut into individual tickets and sold in boxes, andas the ends of the Wire fastening member arevery sharply pointed it requires a great amount .of care on the part of the person allotted the duty of marking; to keep "from pricking or In cases Where there is considerable ticket marking it is the usual practice to first secure'the'tickettothe goods and then' 'mark the price or size thereon. This method of handling is very slow and owing to the fact that the tags are small and are frequently very hard toseparate it Willbe readily un '(lGLbtOOCl that it is not only a dangerous but a costly practice.

The present invention eliminatesthese oh- .the ticket strip is removed.

forming a vertical groove 3 extending parallel With and adjacent to one edge..- This groove is deeper than the length of the pins 1- which fit intossame'and hold the tickets for marking. f t The extension is provided.With-hinge lugs 6 'fOIInQClWltll a rolled outer edge 7 1n whlch a hinge pin 8is secured. A curved plate 9 provided with hinge lugs 10 rolled at theedge is pivotally mounted on-the pin 8, the lugs'lO fitting between the lugs 6. Aspace 11 is provided centrally ofthe length of the plate 9 and the plate 1 and a tension spring 12 supported on the pin Sholds the edge-13 oi the plate 9 normallyagainst the plate 1 slightly fore 50f the-plate 1 adjacent to i the rib 2 isp'referably curved downward and l Ward of the groove 3. The other longitudinal edge of theplate ,1 is preferably .iorined With ahead 12 and'ithe plate rests on the bead 12 and the rib 2 which supports the plate at a convenient slope for Writing.-

. The marking tickets- 1% are preferably provided 'Wlt-h transverse perforationsv and in using this invention a strip of ticket-sis placed thereon W1ththe pm fasteners 15 inserted intofthe groove 3 and the 'free edge of the hinged holding-member 9 is held bythe spring 12in contact with the strip of tickets as shown in Figures 2 and 3 and when thus held on the plate or holder they may beIeasily and conveniently marked. WVhen member is raised by pressing backwardly on the lug 16 arranged at thev end thereof and then separated the one from the other and placed on the goods to. be marked." This means of handling the tickets obviously lessens the risk of piercing or scratchingthe hands of th'e operator.

The tickets are the marking has been completed the holding In handling other forms of tickets such as 'means adaptedto grip and hold thetick'et in place'on'said surface. 2. A ticket-marking holder comprising .a

member having 'a/fi'at, ticket-supporting sur--.

face and a guiding groove therein andispring means adapted to grip and hold. the ticket on said surface.

3. A ticket-marking holder comprising a member having a flat ticket-supporting sur face and a groove formed therein extending downwardly from the surface, a flange arranged adjacent to said-groove and a spring held member hinged to said flange and adapted to grip and hold thetioket in place on said, surface. g

4. A holder for marking tickets having pin fastening points projecting therefrom,

comprising a member having a longitudinal:

groovedepressedin its top side adapted to beyond-said groove, a curved platehinged to i said flange, and a coiled: tension spring normall'y holding the free edge of said hinged plate to the supporting surface of the ticket holder.

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